Job Description:

If this job matches your qualifications, please send your application directly through our latest Job site in New Orleans, LA
(Dillard area). Indeed, every job is not easy to apply because it must meet several qualifications and requirements that we must meet in accordance with the standard criteria of the City of New Orleans who are looking for potential candidates to work. Good job information Parkways Maintenance Section Assistant-Asst. Greenhouse Manager below matches your qualifications.

Position Title: Assistant Greenhouse Manager (working title). Per City Department of Civil Service, this position is classified as a Parkways Maintenance Section Assistant

Summary Description: The person hired for this position will be the second in command over the operation of five greenhouses and will be trained to one day replace the current Greenhouse Manager

Preferred Educational Qualifications: bachelor’s degree in: Forestry Park Management, Agronomy, Landscape Architecture, Horticulture, Botany, Plant Science, Floriculture or a related field may be substituted for five (5) years of the required experience.

Pay: $48,665

Licensure Requirements: The following licenses are preferred but only the LA Arborist’s license is required.

• LA driver’s license
• LA Department of Agriculture and Forestry Pesticide Applicator’s License, Category 3 – Ornamental and Turf Pest Control
• LA Arborist’s License-Required
• Louisiana Landscape Horticulturalist

Preferred Experience/Knowledge:

At least one year in greenhouse operations and the supervision/delegation of tasks to employees (with no college degree, a minimum of six years would be required); knowledge of greenhouse operating systems and concepts of shade, humidity, temperature, and ventilation

Interested applicants must be current residents of Orleans Parish or be willing to relocate to the parish within six months of being hired.

This position is designated as Essential and Emergency Personnel and will be required to report for duty during declared emergencies of any size

Tasks/Responsibilities:

• Growing bedding plants
• Supervise/delegate work assignments to greenhouse staff, roughly five people
• Operate greenhouse fogging system
• Place orders for plants, trays, and other greenhouse supplies to support annual flower production and spring and fall planting
• Growing a variety of annuals, perennials, shrubs, trees, and related vegetation
• Up-potting and fertilizing
• Recognize and control insect pests and fungal diseases in vegetation
• Turf maintenance, using small, mechanized equipment
• Volunteer engagement, working with community members to take interest in city greenspaces
• Tree planting permitting inspection assistance to in-house landscape architects, if so qualified

Directions on how to apply:

Class Specifications | PARKWAYS MAINTENANCE SECTION ASSISTANT (CLASS CODE 1622) | Class Spec Details (governmentjobs.com)

Or send resumes to: jdbell@nola.gov

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $48,665.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday
• Overtime

Education:

• High school or equivalent (Preferred)

Experience:

• Supervising Experience: 6 years (Required)

Work Location: One location

• Health insurance

How To Apply :

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(Dillard area) above, then the jobseeker who feels that he has not met requirements include education, age, etc. and are really interested in the latest job vacancy Full-time above, it should be as soon as possible to complete and compile a job application file such as a job application letter, CV or curriculum vitae and transcripts and other complements as described above, in order to register and participate in the admission selection for new employees at the company in question, sent via the link below.

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• Country : US